English Basics covers the ‘mechanics’ of the English language: spelling, punctuation and grammar. Each book offers a systematic work and study programme for use in the classroom or at home.

Each unit consists of three sections. Initial tasks enable students to assess their grasp of a particular language point; a reference section contains accessible explanations and plenty of examples; and further exercises offer extension, revision and consolidation. A full glossary and answer key are also included.

CONTENTS

Unit 1. Capital letters

Unit 2. Showing what someone has said

Unit 3. The colon

Unit 4. The dash

Unit 5. The comma 1

Unit 6. The comma 2

Unit 7. More than one (making nouns plural)

Unit 8. Singular or plural? (My family was/were...)

Unit 9. The apostrophe 1

Unit 10. The apostrophe 2

Unit 11. Two words in one (e.g. 'beauty' + 'full' = beautiful)

Unit 12. One word or two? (maybe/may be)

Unit 13. The hyphen

Unit 14. Some troublesome nouns (Is it 'arguement' or 'argument'?)

Unit 15. Some more troublesome nouns (Is it 'humour' or 'humor'?)

Unit 16. Extending words of one syllable (e.g. rub – rubber)

Unit 17. Extending words of more than one syllable (travel – traveller)